A.A.S.H. Welcomed For Biennial Meeting At Newton, Elmhurst To strengthen the bonds which unite all Children of the Sacred Heart and to establish a fund for a shrine to Blessed Philippine was the double objective of the tenth biennial meeting of the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, held in Boston from Mav 10th through the 14th. Elmhurst, Newton Academy, and the College played host to the religious and alumnae from Sacred Heart houses throughout North America. A packed schedule, planned by Mrs. Gerald Connolly, mother of Flo, '55 and chairman of the convention, awaited the delegates who arrived at the Convent for the opening Tea and Registration. That evening they were entertained at the home of Mrs. Helen Stuart Cochran and at a dinner given by the college for thirty-two delegates from the eight Sacred Heart colleges in the United States. On Wednesday, the Convention got under way officially with formal meetings at the Sheraton Plaza. Dinner at Castle Hill, Ipswich, and a driv...

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Catholic Educators Convene at Newton "The Vocation of an Intellectual" is the proposed topic of discussion for future joint meetings of the New England Unit of the National Catholic Educational Association, according to a suggestion made by Father Armand Desautels, speaking here at Newton on Saturday April 30th. This year for the first time all the divisions of this association met together on one campus, the group numbering about four hundred. Father Desautels, President of Assumption College, and chairman of the executive board, made this suggestion to the entire group, at the general meeting held in Newton's new Assembly Hall, during the afternoon session. Mother Quinlan, as secretary of the association, acted as general chairman of this first joint meeting. Meetings at 10:30 and 2:10 were held in the following subject matter groups: Theology, Classics, Education, English, Philosophy, Modern Languages, and Music. The Theology and Philosophy sections met separately for the first t...

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Duchesne Guild Donates $3,000 for Scholarship; 1950, Gift for Chapel At their final meeting of the year, the Duchesne Teachers Guild presented the college with a complete day student scholarship. An incoming freshman will receive the award which covers the tuition for four years, amounting to three thousand dollars. The college also was given another donation this week. The class of 1950, Newton's first graduating class, held their filth reunion this spring and contributed a large sum towards an altar crucifix for the new chapel of Our Lady of the Trinity that is being planned.

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Graduation Ceremonies to Begin June 2; Father Dittoe, Judge Mullen to Speak On Monday, June 6th, at a 5:30 ceremony on the East Terrace of Duchesne, the Most Reverend Richard J. Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, will confer thirty-seven Bachelor of Arts degrees on Newton's senior class. The commencement address will be delivered by the Honorable John E. Mullen, Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Rhode Island and father of two of Newton's 1955 graduates, Mona and Catherine Mullen. The commencement ceremonies will be preceded by a series of traditional events beginning on Sunday, May 29th, with a baby party for the children of the alumnae and friends of the college. June 2nd is the date scheduled for the senior banquet, followed by the reading of the seniors' will and prophecy and the presentation of the athletic awards. A day of recollection will be conducted for the entire college oil Friday, June 3rd, by Reverend J. Edward Nugent, C.S.P. That afternoon the new Children of Mary...

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Famous Last Words A second cup of coffee, a last hand of bridge, and oh, just a little longer in the sun to insure the lasting tan. After all, what's ten minutes? And the minutes pass and precious time is measured out cheaply and wastefully. Procrastination is too mild a word for this common vice. It's downright time-wasting laziness and its most unfortunate feature is that it can be so easily rationalized. Half-hours are ignored. "I'll no sooner get settled than I'll have to go to class". Entire evenings are spent in the smoker with the supposedly justifying motive: "I'm socializing and one can't underestimate the value of socializing in college." In spite of the rationalization and the conquered sense of guilt, timewasting has its inevitable bad results — dashing off an ill-fated paper an hour before class, studying and mostly worrying all night before a test, trying to get hold of a reserved book at the last possible moment. Then comes the grand resolution: Never again; and then ...

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It's All in the Golden Rule Ihe book skids heavily from Sue's hands and bounces down the cement stairs. She grins at her companion. "That's all right; it's just a library book." . . . An unbreakable plastic tumbler fascinates Mary; she decides to test its respect for the widely advertised guarantee. Thumping it on the floor: "Look, only a scratch!" . . . Jane drops a scrap of paper and a kleenex on the corridor floor. "Oh, that's all right; someone's got to sweep it anyway." Ann comfortably deposits her feet on the new furniture. "You know," she says, "they tell me you can actually wash this material." None of these remarks are unfamiliar to our ears, or perhaps even to our lips. We seem irresistibly urged to give "that lived-in look" to everything new, just to make it really feel its purpose and use —at least, that's how we like to explain such things to ourselves. But isn't it carelessness or laziness, or selfishness that makes us do these things? Books, glasses, furniture are all...

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The Lighter Side April first gave the Sophomores opportunity to reverse some psychology on Father Friel. When he was presented with six chirping chicks, Connie Weldon couldn't resist asking his favorite question, "How do you like your eggs fixed that way, Father?" A recent American History test posed some difficult questions and received some obliging answers. One stated that Eugene O'Neill was an Irish tenor. Mary Ellen McKeon is now famous for her answer to: What was the Tea Pot Dome?—Washington, D.C. during prohibition. The final performance of "She Stoops to Conquer" was over at last when a weary actress was overheard murmuring something about the perfect contribution for Wheat and Cockle—a short story entitled: "The Rains came . . . and the audience didn't." The Sophomores have converted the new Snack Bar into a composing studio. In the afternoon, when genius burns, they bring forth songs interpreting the books assigned for World Lit. class. Here arc a few: For Medea, the tunc ...

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Among Ourselves Engaged: Sugie Bacciocco '55 to James F. Tully, a senior at Xavier University. Kei Sato '56 to Ist Lt. Raymond E. Scribner, U.S.M.C., now at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Helen Badenhausen '54 to Robert McGarty, Holy Cross alumnus, brother of Mike McGarty '57. Lynne Hennecke cx '57 to Georgetown grad Bill Johnson, now in the U.S. Navy. Ann White '53 to Harold Buttriek. Both are second year students at Harvard's School of Architecture. They plan to be married in September. Married: Dalia Skudzinskaite to Raymond Ivaska in Boston on April 16th. Following a honeymoon in New York, Dalia returned to classes at Newton. After receiving her U.S. citizenship papers in June, Dalia will join her husband in Europe. Gail Pitts '52 to Robert Slattery April 23rd. Carol Kirby, a classmate at Newton, was a bridesmaid. Born\ To Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gamal of 213 Beacon St., Boston, (Muriel Gebhardt-ex '54), a daughter, Margot Elizabeth, on February 20th. Returned: Miggs Dean '57 after ...

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MARRIAGE, TRAVEL, STUDY, WORK AWAIT CLASS OF '55 THIS SUMMER After Freshman year and the initial shock of "growing-up", college students lose their identity in an eight-term whirl of exam-weeks, weekends and classes. Then, all of a sudden, with only two weeks left, they find themselves face to face with the momentous decision of what they want to be, now that they have really grown up. Out of thirty-six seniors who are facing the world-shaking problem now, twenty-five already are busy making plans for their careers, while the remaining few are just as busy thinking. Carol Morgan, Mary Chisholm, Pat Finn, Yasuko Ohashi, and Kuniko Shiobara have decided to teach. Kuniko and Yasuko are going home to Japan, for the first time in four years, where they will both teach at the Sacred Heart Academy in Tokyo. Carol Morgan is teaching in the Dedham Public School, where she will work with children whose I. Q.'s arc under par. Pat is planning to take an accelerated summer course in education an...

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Third Editor of "885" Takes Over June Issue As A. Sperry Graduates With this issue of "885" Ann Sperry, editor-in-chief for Volume 111, eases the work into the hands of her successor, Connie Weldon. Ann, who is from Wilton, Connecticut, has spent the rest of her time as the senior class student government member-at-large, a staff member of Wheat and Cockle, and driver of a green Chevrolet. She became the second editor of the newspaper last September and since has been seen with her fourcolumn check list organizing articles at class intervals, assigning them to staff members and finally correcting — and rewriting them. Before becoming editor Ann was a staff writer, sports editor, and critic of the cartoon. This year she did most of the photography herself but was outstanding in her ability to produce —spontaneously—a necessary article minutes before the deadline and rush it off to press.

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Archbishop Blesses New Stuart Wing "The new wing of Stuart House is an example of the functional beauty found in modern architecture. Schools are no longer designed simply for their beauty; now the first thought is to construct a building suited for its use," said Archbishop Richard J. Gushing on Monday, April 18th, officiating at the blessing and formal opening of Stuart House and the laying of the cornerstone for the new dormitory. This will be called Cushing House in gratitude to the Archbishop for all he has done to help the college. Mayor Howard Whitmore of Newton was among the many friends, parents, and benefactors of the College present to see the Archbishop perform the double blessing ceremony, first in the original wing of Stuart House, and then before the statue of our Lady of the Trinity in the new wing. In his address to the invited guests, the student body and the members of the faculty, the Archbishop expressed his delight in the growth of the college since its foundin...

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NEWTON'S FIRST CLASS RETURNS FOR FIFTH REUNION In June, 1950, the 34 members of the first graduating class of Newton College of the Sacred Heart clutched their newly acquired B.A. degrees and wondered what the future would bring. This spring the class of '50 will hold its fifth reunion and discuss the weddings, studies, and jobs of the past five years. In addition to sixteen babies, the class has produced a ghost writer, a Wave, a broker of polio insurance, and numerous teachers, secretaries, and housewives. Two girls have returned to work at Newton. Mary Lou Julian is now instructor in chemistry and biology at the college. Kate Doyle, president of the class of 1950 and now president of the Newton College Alumnae Association, is secretary to Mother Quinlan and runs Newton's Placement Office. In the Waves before coming to Newton, Mary Louise Schultz, class vice-president, re-enlisted after graduation and was stationed at Lakehurst, N.J. and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Leaving the Navy ...

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Janet Stuart Guild Shows New Fashions The new Stuart Assembly Hall was the setting for the Janet Stuart Guild's fashion show on Saturday April 23rd. A capacity crowd of 300 filled the flower-decked room to see clothes from the Colin Ross Shop, Langley Road, Newton Center, on display. Prizes included a mink collar, drawn for as a door prize; eighty other donations were also given as prizes. Following the show, tea was served to the guests. The general chairmen for the fashion show were Mrs. Charles P. Hurley and Mrs. George Kane. Other chairmen were Mrs. William J. Galvin, donations; Mrs. Philip Stuart, decorations: Mrs. James Whalcn. publicity; Mrs. Charles Powell, tickets; and Mrs. William Arthur Reilly, menu. Gail Kane, formerly Newton '57, was one of the models.

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Drama Club Presents Goldsmith Comedy Pat Donovan '55 and Elizabeth Dempsey '56 act out their roles as Mr. and Mrs Hardcastle in the Dramatic Club's final production of the year, "She Stoops to Conquer' 1 by Oliver Goldsmith.

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Peace Guild Holds 19th Annual Meeting Mr. Raymond G. Leddy, officer in charge of Central American Affairs in the U.S. State Department, was the visiting speaker at the New England Catholic Students Peace Federation, which held its nineteenth annual spring convention at Newton on Saturday May 7th. Mr. Leddy, whose wife is a Sacred Heart alumna from Puerto Rico, spoke to the students on "the recent penetration of Communism in Guatemala." The meeting was under the chairmanship of Margy Craig '57, acting president. The president of the federation's executive board is Mary Lacey Kelly '57, and its corresponding secretary is Elizabeth Doyle '57, both of Newton. The theme of the convention,"The Conquest of Communism," was the topic lor four panel discussions during the day. At a final meeting of the delegates, a resolution was passed expressing the organization's attitude on the question of Communism. Elections were also held to decide the officers of next year. From the twelve visiting co...

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Final Election Results The final student elections were held early in May. The school elected Mary Ellen McKeon '56 senior delegate to the NSA and Sandy Thomson '58 as alternate delegate. Margy Craig '57 was voted senior delegate to the NFCCS and Mary Corbett '58 junior delegate. Sheila McCarthy (at present in Spain) was elected president of Catholic Action; Barbara Bireley '57. vicepresident; Liz Doyle '57, secretary; and Judy Scannell '57, treasurer. Joan David '57 is editor of the Wheat and Cockle and president of the Literary Club; Connie Weldon '57, is editor-in-chief of "885". For Athletic Association president the college chose Mary Jane O'Connell '57; Carol Hcaley '58, secretary; Winnie Mullen '58, treasurer. Late returns from the Freshman class elections are Lucy Reuter, treasurer; and Judy Donovan, secretary.

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NSA, NFCCS Delegates Attend April Meetings The New England Region of the NSA held a workshop in leadership training at American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 29th and 30th. The purpose of the workshop was "to promote the more effective participation of leaders in student activities." Mary Ellen McKeon '56, Shirley Starrs '56, Pat Hinchey '57, and Sandy Thomson '58 attended the workshop. The Ninth Annual Congress of the New England Region of t!ie NFCCS was held the week-end of April 22nd. 23rd, 24th in Worcester. On Friday evening, Bishop Wright spoke to the students at a banquet at the Bancroft Hotel and presented awards for college newspapers. Newton's "885" received honorable mention. Students from Newton at the Congress were Winnie Weber '55, Margy Craig '57, Mary Ellen McKeon '56, Shirley Starrs '56, Pat LcClaire '55, and Jo Englert '58.

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